dependent on 415-20 years. to aet dependent on 415 20 years. to get the sense that the public of niger are behind this move? what we know is that in a lot of west african countries including niger there is considerable support for the idea of military intervention when governments are corrupt or ineffective or mechanic maintain security. we see that but it does not mean that people reject democracy or that they would prefer military regime over all other options. it isjust that regime over all other options. it is just that they are very sensitive to the idea that the civilian regime has done very poorly on important metrics for people, such as security, economic development, so there may be an opening here where people are willing to see what happens. it does not mean that they will support military rule forever or they will support the junta forever or they will support thejunta going forward. the junta going forward. professor, thejunta going forward. professor, thank the junta goin
and considerable effort to make niger and to support niger as a democratic exemplar in a region that has become increasingly unstable and the risk is that this decline as quickly as a result of the coup.- this decline as quickly as a result of the coup. and the alignment result of the coup. and the alignment with result of the coup. and the alignment with russia? - result of the coup. and the - alignment with russia? because thatis alignment with russia? because that is a concern right now? that is a concern in some circles and there is some refinement narrative compelling or a way to drive interest in this. we have heard nothing from the emerging junta in niger one way or another so i think it would be premature to jump think it would be premature to jump to the conclusion that naturally this is something that the kremlin will be able to take advantage of. we simply do not know what their orientation towards this is one way or another and we do not know if they are willing to give
let us listen a bit more to president putin, he has been speaking after meeting african leaders there, he has been saying that there should be agreement on both sides when it comes to ukraine, talking about a possible ceasefire, he was saying the afrika s peace initiative could be a basis for peace as well as a chinese one but then he also said a ceasefire is hard to implement when the ukrainian army is on the offensive, he was also claiming that after the 11th of june ukraine lost 415 tanks and 1300 armoured vehicles. we don t know whether that is true or not. he talked about how they would be no intensification of actions on the ukrainian front now. so that our
55 million are under flood alerts. climate envoy john kerry is traveling to china today. china is on track to become the world s worst all-time polluter, in part because the united nations allows china to maintain higher emissions, because they categorize them as a developing nation. the house of representatives voted 415-0 to reverse that in march. isn t the house right? isn t it time for the u.n. to stop allowing china to categorize itself as a developing nation when it comes to climate change. actually, the paris climate agreement, which is agreed back in 2015, in which we have rejoined in the biden administration actually lays out that every country, including china, has a responsibility to reduce emissions and the world, i do believe should step up and encourage, indeed, pressure china to take far more dramatic action to reduce emissions. they should not able to hide behind any kind of claim that they re a developing nation, to step up to their responsibility.
how this happened, which unit did it with what means and as we do that we will work to hold them responsible. more than 800 million americans are under heat warnings and president biden is traveling to china and china is on track to become the world s all-time polluter in part because the united nations allows china to maintain higher emissions because they categorize them as a developing nation. the house of representatives voted 415-0 to reverse that in march. isn t the house right? isn t it time for the u.n. to stop allows china to categorize itself as a developing nation when it comes to climate change? well, actually, jake, the paris climate agreement which was agreed back in 2015 in which we have rejoined in the biden administration actually lays out that every country including china has a responsibility to the reduce emissions and the world, i do believe, should step